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Mpc Major Research Paper Building Leafs Nation MPC MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER BUILDING LEAFS NATION: RHETORICAL DEVICES IN THE ONLINE IMAGINED COMMUNITY OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Nicole Iantorno Dr. Jessica Mudry Ryerson University Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 8, 2014 AUTHOR'S DECLARATION FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF A MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this Major Research Paper and the accompanying Research Poster. This is a true copy of the MRP and the research poster, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I authorize Ryerson University to lend this major research paper and/or poster to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I further authorize Ryerson University to reproduce this MRP and/or poster by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I understand that my MRP and/or my MRP research poster may be made electronically available to the public. Building Leafs Nation ii ABSTRACT Established almost 100 years ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team is known for their large, dedicated fan base called Leafs Nation. I am a devoted member of this nation and, as such, the team’s communication practices speak both to me, and about me. This major research paper (MRP) is an analysis of e-mails sent to a subscriber-only list in the context of marketing. Researching the e-mail communication from the Toronto Maple Leafs to their fan base lends itself to an understanding of the communication that occurs in a professional setting. Not only do the Toronto Maple Leafs communicate directly with their proactive fan base but I argue that the way in which they do this instills a sense of community within Leafs Nation through the use of themes, metaphors and rhetorical tropes. Communicating effectively with a fan base is an essential component in running a sports organization. Texts in the form of words and images do not only assist in getting an organization’s message to the supporters, but their connotative meanings can also contribute to the senses of community and belonging. This paper will examine how the Toronto Maple Leafs employ rhetorical devices in the e-mail newsletters sent out to Leafs Nation, as well as analyzing the rhetorical connotations in these devices. Also, I will be examining the way in which the use of rhetorical devices contributes to the creation of an online ‘imagined community,’ a concept first introduced by Benedict Anderson in 1936 in the context of nations and nationalism. Anderson stated that an imagined community does not conform to traditional ideals of a community and is constructed by those that see themselves as being a part of this community, and I see the Leafs Nation as conforming to the ideals detailed by Anderson. As such, I will be completing a qualitative textual Building Leafs Nation iii analysis of 43 e-mails that have gone out to the subscriber-only fan list since 2012. By examining these e-mails I will attempt to identify the presence of the rhetorical devices of pathopoeia, scesis onomaton and principle of scarcity and the overall frequency with which they appear. Based on the data that emerges from my research, I will then attempt to draw correlations between the findings and attempt to link the presence of rhetorical devices as a contributing factor to the creation of Leafs Nation as an online imagined community through a qualitative textual analysis. Building Leafs Nation iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My deepest gratitude goes out to my supervisor Dr. Jessica Mudry for always being honest and straightforward with me; I am especially grateful for her ability to understand my creative process. I would also like to extend my thanks to my second reader Dr. Wendy Freeman for her infinitely helpful and constructive feedback and unwavering faith in me throughout my research. Building Leafs Nation v TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1 Theoretical Framework……………………………………………………………………5 Research Questions………………………………………………………………………17 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………..19 Results & Discussion…………………………………………………………………….25 Considerations for Future Research……………………………………………...………41 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………...….42 Appendix A………………………………………………………………………………43 Reference List……………………………………………………………………………44 Building Leafs Nation vi “When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.” -Herb Brooks, Hockey Coach INTRODUCTION Gathering around the television to watch “the boys in blue” play hockey was a weekly tradition in my household growing up. The excitement of watching a heated, fast- paced, physical game and the anticipation of getting a win for our team – these were the moments I looked forward to sharing in with my family. My grandfathers and father fell in love with this team when they immigrated to Canada from Italy and they then passed on their love of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team to me at a very young age. Twenty-five years later I still “bleed blue” in supporting the team. The Toronto Maple Leafs organization (originally known as the Toronto Arenas) was established in 1917 as one of the Original Six hockey teams of the NHL. This is an historic franchise with almost one hundred years of tradition behind it. The Toronto Maple Leafs are also infamous for not having won a Stanley Cup championship since 1967 and yet they remain a thriving organization. According to an annual report on National Hockey League (NHL) Team Valuations published by Forbes (2013) the Toronto Maple Leafs have been the most valuable NHL team since 2005 with a franchise value of $1.15 billion. To put that into perspective, there are currently thirty teams in the NHL and the average NHL team has an enterprise value of $413 million, making the Toronto Maple Leafs almost 3 times as valuable financially as its average counterparts in the league (Forbes, 2013). A company with such a large economic footprint is sure to Building Leafs Nation 1 have a loyal and dedicated fan base that continuously contributes to the franchise’s continuous success. In the case of the Toronto Maple Leafs, this fan base is known as Leafs Nation. What is Leafs Nation? Originally Leafs Nation began as an organic community that emerged out of the fan base of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Fans of the team began collectively referring to themselves as members of Leafs Nation. Leafs Nation today, however, has taken on a different identity in the online sphere. Over the last several years, tickets to the Toronto Maple Leaf home games sell out routinely and in the rare instance that home game tickets are available there existed a Leafs Last Minute Club that sought to provide its over 89,000 members with a chance to purchase a ticket. In order to be a part of the Leafs Last Minute Club an individual would have to sign up to a digital newsletter curated by the Toronto Maple Leafs by submitting their e-mail address to the organization through their website. The Leafs Last Minute Club was re-named to Leafs Nation in 2014 and its newly developed online presence took the form of a marketing site for the organization. This online hub is complete with the ability to give the fans access to the Toronto Maple Leafs via multiple social media platforms including YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, FourSquare and several others, as well as the subscription-only e-mail newsletter service. The digital embodiment of Leafs Nation is described on the Toronto Maple Leafs website as being: “The ultimate way to stay connected and get access to your team. Sign up today and receive all the exciting benefits that Leafs Nation has to offer. You will have first priority access to ticket releases for select Leafs home games, plus be Building Leafs Nation 2 notified of exclusive Leafs Nation ticket pre-sales and VIP packages. In the coming months, new benefits and perks will also be announced, so stay tuned as we roll out the rewards for being a member of Leafs Nation (Toronto Maple Leafs, 2014).” Leafs Nation-online presents itself as a one-stop shop for the ultimate Toronto Maple Leafs fan with the promise of exclusive access, benefits and insider information all given to the fan in exchange for their e-mail address. Due to the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs continuously retain a sizeable fan base, and the franchise consistently communicates with said fan base to persuade them to buy tickets, these e-mail messages lend themselves to be studied in the context of professional communication. Not only do the Toronto Maple Leafs communicate with their fans but in doing so they instill a sense of community within their membership group known as Leafs Nation, This major research paper (MRP) examines the rhetorical devices used by the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey organization in their e-mail communications to their fan base. Moreover, it seeks to address the way in which the use of these rhetorical devices contributes to the construction of the imagined community of Leafs Nation online through language. This paper consists of a qualitative textual analysis (involving both linguistic and semiotic analyses) on a set of e-mails sent out by the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team to their subscriber-only fan base. Within this textual analysis, the use of the following rhetorical devices will be identified within the texts: the principle of scarcity, scesis onomaton and pathopoeia. Although the scope of the study is limited to an analysis of e-mails sent to a subscriber-only list in the context of marketing, there is value in studying the language behind the construction of Leafs Nation in the way in which it may lend to an understanding in to how sports Building Leafs Nation 3 organizations communicate to their fan bases.
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